Verizon BlackBerry Bold confirmed for May launch?

It looks like our initial report of a May release for the successor to BlackBerry Tour 9630 is spot on, as an internal website where Bank of America employees can order new handsets shows the device listed as coming to Verizon in May. Not only that, but the site also seems to confirm what we and others have been hearing about it being promoted to a full-fledged member of the Bold family. Whether or not the device will keep the model number 9650 is still in question, but can easily see it being Christened as the 9750 in order to keep RIM’s naming conventions in tact. Of course the fact that it looks nearly identical to the Tour 9630 would be just as confusing to some, but at least it’s better than having two different device names sit within the 96xx line. Anyone else thinking this sucker is a due for an official outing at WES?

You can’t say “confirmed” and then use a question mark. If you’re not sure it can’t be confirmed.

AJF

When the fock is Verizon going to get some nice Android phones or dare I say, iPhone instead of another lame BB which is the same as all the other lame BB’s that they already carry ?

Ben

Verizon Wireless already has a nice Android phone, only the best selling android phone so far in the Droid.

steel

That status is only due to the lack of anything else that is on a viable carrier.

We want the Incredible!!!

Butthead007

They’ll get them when 15 year olds who make stupid comments like this are officially grounded from using computers.

Seriously, even if this moron is an adult, do people ***really*** sit back and complain so their web pages load 3 nanoseconds faster on their droid versus a nexus one? Oh yeah, they do. Ergo this post.

Buy all your phones at full retail all the time. Then you will not have to worry about what is coming down the pipe.

Seriously, buy or cope. Pick one. Both are not options for you. If you don’t want to pony up, then stop whining please. Its annoying.

StevenGlansburg

If you want a decent phone selection then try a GSM carrier. Verizon is going to get an occasional decent phone only after its been out somewhere else for 6 months.

Ez

Wow, thats very exciting !!! Yaaaawwwwwnnnnn

campilo

It seems odd that Bank of America would be the source for Verizon rumors. I would think a Verizon employee would have leaked this info a while ago if it were available. It also seems strange that RIM/Verizon would disclose info like this to a third party (regardless of how big of a customer that third party is) before even announcing the phone.

bblover

Exactly right. Who’s to say that this B of A website maker didn’t get this information from the web?

1- Ditch all the confusing numbering systems. In one paragraph BGR used four -four digit numbers..

2- Come up with something new.. The last 30 devices are almost identical..

3- Buy out Palm and incorporate WebOS… or something .. anything

Blackberries have become very boring compared to the rest of the smart phone world..

rcmadiax

Blackberry’s may be boring, but they work like they should. I work for Sprint and have seen very very few come back defective. Mostly WebOS, then WM, then Android.

Eric

I pay slightly over $200 for five phones on VZW and two of them are blackberry and I get 2100 minutes a month and unlimited texting. Unless you have data plans for all of your phones I do not know how you are paying so much.

Attila The Hun

Verizon was my family service provider $300 a month.
but there devices were creepled (remmber no WIFI)
I left them to ATT and I told Verizon why I am living.
Now I see at last they got it. GOOD service goes with GOOD devices only.

halforc

$300 a month?!?! I hope you still aren’t paying that much on AT&T, I guarantee you could cut that in half on Sprint…

Attila The Hun

yes I still paying it on ATT 5 phones on family acount but you are right I have to do somthing soon

Only $190 for 5 lines before any employer discounts(and taxes). Plus main line gets upgrades every year. Sprint is the way to go. Want more info or thinking of making the switch? Contact me at nutzaboutpoker86@yahoo.com

Attila The Hun

the problem with sprint in my area is verey bad recaption, I wish they had good one I would swich in a second,
what kills on ATT is the international unlimited data for each line and you have to keep it for a full year,Verizon used to let me connect and disconnet as needed

Butthead007

And when you can demonstrate you have a firm grasp on the English language, I will be more impressed by your post.

Attila The Hun

yap too lait now, don’t try to impress you at all,

Attila The Hun

I did not insolted any one just the true
until 2 years ago any Verizon blackberry the WIFI was not present at the time other companies had it with the same models BB88xx

ruralDROIDvzw

@atilla do you have any sense of grammar??? Just reading that post made my head hurt….he said living…..its leaving..

PerpK

BB Bold ? Who friggin cares? Where is the HTC Desire OR HTC Legend ? Where is the phantom HTC Incredible ? When will the hot new HTC devices hit the effin USA ?BLACKBERRY DEVICES ARE OBSOLETE PIECES OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob

EXACTLY.. who freakin cares.. BB go byebye very very soon….

bob

They should call it the Blackberry OLD as in the kind of people who use them….

StevenGlansburg

or people who want to communicate via several different messaging possibilities without them force closing on you whenever you open them back up…..

StevenGlansburg

Scratch that, That doesnt happen.

V

Really? My friends and I are all young professionals in our mid 20’s and we all have Blackberries. Sorry we aren’t tweens and using iPhones.

kyle

so…would it be out of the question for AT&T to get a version of the 9630 Tour?

joe cool

Y is such a minor upgrade of hardware kept so secret?

joe cool

Y is such a minor upgrade of hardware kept so secret?

http://www.twitter.com/jazzyl jazzyl

i like the new Bold played with it a little i give it a thumbs up.

Sent via BlackBerry.

StevenGlansburg

I dont really like it. Im rocken the original storm. Hey at least its better than the droid.

Sliznut

This is revolutionary and magical! Oh wait, that’s the iPad.

tim

Can’t wait!

freshh

fuck GSM the EVO is CDMA only and it’s a beast.. Glansburgs stfu! Verizon released the storm 1 first also so your point is mute about the gsm thing. And you have the nerve to say the piece of shit storm is better than the droid.. You are the dumbest blogger I have ever seen blog. I rather use a flip phone than I storm 1

MikeD

Nice. The Bold id a good phone. Verizon peeps should love it.

JB

Why are so many people on this blog bashing BB? Obviously you jerks have some interest ot you wouldn’t read this post. Enjoy all your apps on your device, I’m sure you need it for spelling words, finding where you parked your bicycle, where the nearest latte is… I work for a living and Blackberry is the only option.

Unsung Hero

9650 got mine yesterday! Wifi same as the tour but has wifi and a trackpad!

dave davenport

What that means is RIM is fucking all the Tour owners. They new the flaw with the trackball. So this way with a new model called the Bold they won’t have to replace any Tours.

I don’t know about the rest of you but after replacing 6 Tours all for Trackball problems this will be the last Blackberry I’ll ever own.

And they wonder why the RIM stock price dropped!

poiuyt

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the Sprint/Verizon Bolds will have the same battery covers that the 9700 have?

Jose Munoz

Yes, the Bold is coming to VzW. Believe me, I heard it myself from the mouth of someone very high up.